The Glasshouse

Jonathan Cohen conductor
Ruby Hughes soprano
Keri Fuge soprano
Anna Stéphany mezzo soprano
Steven Hudson oboe
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia

Vivaldi Beatus Vir
Albinoni Oboe Concerto in D minor
Avison Concerto Grosso after Scarlatti, No.3 in D minor
Handel ‘Crude furie deglie orridi abissi’ from Xerxes
Handel ‘With darkness deep’ from Theodora
Handel ‘Caro amico aplesso!’ from Poro
Marcello Oboe Concerto in C minor
Vivaldi Gloria

Gloria! There’s a good reason why Vivaldi’s great choral celebration is so popular, and this concert is filled with music from his contemporaries and colleagues in baroque Venice – a city of reflections, illusions and music of dazzling imagination and flair.